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On today's episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some Today we start our unit on language with a discussion of meaning and how we assign and understand meaning. We'll cover ... This week Hank introduces skepticism, exploring everything from the nature of reality through the eyes of a 17th century ... As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of the ... This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke's primary and secondary qualities and ... Today Hank is building on last week's exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it in reside in your body? Is it in the ...

This week we explore the final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle's virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists ... We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural ... Getting stuck in a video game can be frustrating—especially when that game is the cycle of suffering. In this episode of Last week we introduced Thomas Aquinas's four cosmological arguments for the existence of god; today we introduce his fifth ...

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What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1

What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1

Today Hank begins to teach you about

The Meaning of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #7

The Meaning of Knowledge: Crash Course Philosophy #7

On today's episode...CATS. Also: Hank talks about some

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How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2

How to Argue - Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2

Before we dive into the big questions of

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Language & Meaning: Crash Course Philosophy #26

Language & Meaning: Crash Course Philosophy #26

Today we start our unit on language with a discussion of meaning and how we assign and understand meaning. We'll cover ...

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Cartesian Skepticism - Neo, Meet Rene: Crash Course Philosophy #5

Cartesian Skepticism - Neo, Meet Rene: Crash Course Philosophy #5

This week Hank introduces skepticism, exploring everything from the nature of reality through the eyes of a 17th century ...

The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2

The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2

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Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #33

Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #33

As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of the ...

How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #3

How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #3

We continue our look at

Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature of Reality: Crash Course Philosophy #4

Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature of Reality: Crash Course Philosophy #4

Today Hank gains insight from that most

Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #6

Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #6

This week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke's primary and secondary qualities and ...

Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #19

Personal Identity: Crash Course Philosophy #19

Today Hank is building on last week's exploration of identity to focus on personal identity. Does it in reside in your body? Is it in the ...

Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38

Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38

This week we explore the final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle's virtue theory. Hank explains the Golden Mean, and how it exists ...

Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32

We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural ...

Aquinas & the Cosmological Arguments: Crash Course Philosophy #10

Aquinas & the Cosmological Arguments: Crash Course Philosophy #10

Our unit on the

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Life, the Universe, and the Buddha: Crash Course Religions #6

Getting stuck in a video game can be frustrating—especially when that game is the cycle of suffering. In this episode of

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Intelligent Design: Crash Course Philosophy #11

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